Slept on my stomach :)

[nursejenny07 401]

I posted earlier this week to see when most stomach sleepers were able to start sleeping on their stomachs again, and last night, 5 days post op, I finally did!! Luckily I haven't been dealing with any reflux issues, and I haven't been having pain (just some very minor aches at the end of the day), so I gave it a shot...and slept like a baby, lol. I truly am amazed how fast I've bounced back from surgery! Surgery day and the day after were rough...but less than a week out I really am feeling wonderful! I'm getting the hang of my new eating and drinking habits and couldn't be happier about making this decision!

[thesuse2000 698]

Yay! I slept on my stomach from day 1 - was SO relieved I could because that's really the only comfortable position for me these days. Congrats on your great recovery! I'm still pretty thrilled with this journey myself at 7 weeks out.

[LKG 6]

It took me 2 1/2 weeks. I was to scared to mess up the incisions. Once I did, it was heaven...lol. Thankfully I have not had any pain from the surgery on.

[Miss Mac 6,261]

I am not a stomach sleeper, but when I went to get my quarterly epidural for spine issues, I was concerned about laying on my stomach. But being 40 pounds down at that point, I got up on the surgical bed like a pro. I am glad you could bounce back so quickly. You can add that to a long list of victories yet to come.

[IdaliaMay 13]

Oh my goodness.. I have back issues (who doesn't these days?) and it hurts to sleep on my back, or even my sides. Besides, ever since I was an Itty bitty child, I've slept on my tummy. So... Lol, I mean this is horrible but I started sleeping on my stomach on night 2. I honestly didn't have much pain from my incisions, or my actual stomach. But I had MASSIVE pain in my joints and muscles and spine. I'm not sure the reason, personally... But I dealt with it the best I could. And sleeping on my stomach made it better. Assuming someone could help me roll over. I was so weak. Whew.

Anyway, I didn't have any sutures or even butterfly bandages on my incisions. So occassionally I'd wake up and there'd be a little blood on the bed D:, and I woke up like clock work between 3 and 4 am the first week with really bad gas pains. But I took a gas-x, walked around, one maybe drank a little sip of whole milk (the whole milk worked better than skim for some reason?) and it went away within 10-15 minutes. Now I don't think it had anything to do with sleeping on my tummy because this would happen during the day as well.

But... There's my experience! It was fun. (saaaaaarcasm) but it didn't last long at all.

[Miss Mac 6,261]

Just a little side comment to Daliamay.......did the doctor glue you together?????/

[IdaliaMay 13]

Yup....? Skin glue was all I had on my incisions. I healed ridiculously fast. Fully healed, at least on the outside, in a week and a half.